
Military correspondent and Hero of Russia Yevgeny Poddubny, at a meeting between President Vladimir Putin and the leaders of the United Russia election list, conveyed the request of fighters who received medical category “D” to allow them to serve in regional units involved in the air defense of facilities against drones.
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Soldiers who are wounded during a special military operation often receive a medical category “D”, which limits their ability to further military service. However, some of them believe that they are capable of performing certain tasks, for example, in air defense units.
Yevgeny Poddubny, at a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and the leaders of the United Russia election list, conveyed a request from fighters with category “D”.
The soldiers are asking to be allowed to serve in regional units, despite the category they received.
Poddubny noted that there is a core of volunteers who evaluate their strength and are able to carry out tasks in regional units.
MOSCOW, September 5 - RIA Novosti. Military correspondent, Hero of Russia Yevgeny Poddubny, at a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and the five leaders of the United Russia election list, conveyed a request from fighters who received category “D” to be allowed to serve in regional units.
Putin on Saturday held a meeting with the leaders of the top five United Russia election list.
“The soldiers who were wounded received category D, it is clear that this is a difficult category. But there are cases when, despite the fact that category D is rarely revised, people are able to perform tasks, for example, in regional units,” Poddubny said during the meeting.
He noted that this, of course, does not apply to everyone, but there is a core of volunteers who assess their strength in this way.
“They are asking, as an exception, for permission to serve in regional components that defend facilities from drones,” Poddubny said.
The top five of the federal list of candidates with which United Russia is going to the elections includes Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin, military correspondent, Hero of Russia Evgeniy Poddubny, Presidential Commissioner for Children's Rights Maria Lvova-Belova and Chief of the General Staff of the All-Russian military-patriotic public movement "Yunarmia", Hero of Russia Vladislav Golovin.
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President Putin will instruct the relevant departments to consider the possibility of exceptions for fighters with category “D” in regional air defense units
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